Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for PPP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PPP over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 821 955 809
Rank change year-on-year +134 -146 +96
Permanent jobs citing PPP 63 20 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.020% 0.29%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.47% 0.13% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18 12 34
10th Percentile £45,125 £35,000 £48,025
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,625 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% +33.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £110,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,875 £146,000 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £46,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +62.16% -22.92% +33.33%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

PPP is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,475 15,695 21,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.49% 15.78% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 9,380 7,937 11,850
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.26% +5.56%

PPP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PPP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PPP in the UK

PPP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PPP.

Salary trend for PPP in the UK

PPP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PPP over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PPP in the UK

PPP
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PPP within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +133 63 £75,000 -14.29% 17
UK excluding London +44 56 £75,000 +62.16% 14
North of England - 46 £47,500 - 6
North West - 46 £47,500 - 5
London +103 5 £50,000 -54.55% 6
South West -18 5 £75,000 -14.29%
East of England - 4 £75,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £47,500 - 1
Midlands - 1 £47,500 - 1

PPP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.17%) AWS
1 2 (3.17%) dbt
1 2 (3.17%) Snowflake
2 1 (1.59%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.52%) BGP
1 6 (9.52%) DNS
1 6 (9.52%) GPON
1 6 (9.52%) OSPF
1 6 (9.52%) VLAN
2 2 (3.17%) Wireless
General
1 25 (39.68%) Social Skills
2 6 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.94%) Finance
4 2 (3.17%) Banking
4 2 (3.17%) Financial Institution
4 2 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.17%) Law
4 2 (3.17%) Legal
4 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (1.59%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (53.97%) Senior
2 10 (15.87%) Commercial Manager
3 5 (7.94%) Lead
4 4 (6.35%) Network Engineer
4 4 (6.35%) Senior Network Engineer
5 3 (4.76%) Graduate
6 2 (3.17%) Analyst
6 2 (3.17%) Data Engineer
6 2 (3.17%) Legal Analyst
6 2 (3.17%) Senior Commercial Manager
6 2 (3.17%) Senior Manager
6 2 (3.17%) Technology Analyst
6 2 (3.17%) Wireless Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Coordinator
7 1 (1.59%) Principal Data Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Principal Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Senior Data Engineer
7 1 (1.59%) Training Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) GNSS
2 3 (4.76%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.17%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.17%) Debian
1 2 (3.17%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (46.03%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (30.16%) Project Delivery
3 13 (20.63%) Risk Management
4 11 (17.46%) Mentoring
5 8 (12.70%) Agile
5 8 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (12.70%) Kalman Filter
5 8 (12.70%) Sensor Fusion
5 8 (12.70%) Signal Processing
6 7 (11.11%) Culture Change
7 6 (9.52%) Network Architecture
7 6 (9.52%) Network Monitoring
8 3 (4.76%) Asset Management
8 3 (4.76%) Contingency Planning
8 3 (4.76%) Experiential Learning
8 3 (4.76%) Financial Analysis
8 3 (4.76%) Workflow
9 2 (3.17%) Artificial Intelligence
9 2 (3.17%) Data Modelling
9 2 (3.17%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.70%) MATLAB
2 1 (1.59%) Java
2 1 (1.59%) Python
Qualifications
1 41 (65.08%) Degree
2 3 (4.76%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.17%) CCNP
3 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.17%) JNCIS
3 2 (3.17%) SC Cleared
3 2 (3.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.76%) COSO
1 3 (4.76%) ISO 31000
1 3 (4.76%) NIST
Systems Management
1 6 (9.52%) Icinga
1 6 (9.52%) Nagios
2 1 (1.59%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (9.52%) Juniper
1 6 (9.52%) MikroTik
1 6 (9.52%) TP-LINK
1 6 (9.52%) ZyXEL
2 2 (3.17%) DocuSign